Let the military force field be very important in political struggle. Although military forces are ultimately extended, in many cases, military means can often determine the direction of politics.

As a politician who came out of the late Qing military, Li Yuanhong knew very well the importance of military power. Back then, it was the uprising of the new army and the rebellion of the Beiyang army that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Now, as the president, Li Yuanhong is also facing a "coup that is likely to be determined by the military's position." This coup may not necessarily be violent, but without violence as the foundation, it will not be successful. This is also an important reason why Li Yuanhong obeyed the advice of his staff to dispatch defense troops from other places to the capital.

Although Li Yuanhong really wants to seize the military power, the problem is that he has offended the military. On the surface, he can manage military affairs through the Ministry of National Defense controlled by civilian officials, but in fact, the one who really dominates the current National Defense Forces is actually the General Staff. Lan Tianwei, as a brain figure in the General Staff, actually determines the military's position.

Lan Tianwei was promoted by Zhao Bei. Li Yuanhong knew very well. It was precisely because of this that when Lan Tianwei sat on the Grand Master chair beside him, Li Yuanhong felt uncomfortable all over. At this moment, Zhao Bei suddenly made a big fuss about the National Defense Forces' foreign troops entering Beijing, and Li Yuanhong couldn't stop.

Rao Hanxiang was also speechless, and Li Yuanhong was also very dissatisfied with the president's chief of staff, so he took advantage of the opportunity when Zhao Bei questioned Rao Hanhui and found a way to go.

"Forget monks are not considering it well, and this matter is indeed a bit unstable. However, the people in the capital are now in panic. In order to appease the people and the members of the parliament, they have to do so. The number of foreign troops who have continued to enter Beijing is actually not large, and now there are only more than 10,000 people who have arrived in Beijing. If Zhenhua thinks this move is inappropriate, I will issue an order. Stop the troops entering Beijing, and the foreign troops who have arrived can also start to retreat after the situation is stable." Li Yuanhong said this, on the one hand, he was to find a way for him, and on the other hand, he was to find a way for him.

It is also to stabilize Zhao Bei. After all, he also knew his current strength. The foreign troops, which had more than 10,000 people, were no match for tens of thousands of Gyeonggi garrison troops. Now, the Gyeonggi garrison troops are still in the hands of the General Staff. Although the civil servant sent the General Staff Chief to take charge of the General Staff, facing a group of internal military leaders, the General Staff Chief is now a foil role and cannot command the General Staff Chief, let alone command the General Staff.

Seeing Li Yuanhong's statement, Zhao Bei's expression eased a little, nodded, and said, "What Song Qing said is that no matter what, no matter what, the country can no longer be transferred to Beijing, otherwise, the people are panicked and the country is unstable. As for the troops that have been transferred to Beijing, there is no need to rush to retreat, or to retreat after the situation is completely stable. Regarding the petitioners who gather around the capital, they are still waiting for the official reply from the President and Congress. The day before yesterday, in front of the petition representatives, Song Qing once promised that he would make a formal reply to the people within five days on the petition. It has been two days now. I wonder if Song Qing has made up his mind? Will the Congress still decide to hold a plenary meeting to conduct a hearing the day after tomorrow?"

"I don't know about the Congress. But I have read the petition of the National People. I think it is reasonable for the requests made in the end. However, the final answer depends on the opinions of the staff. I am not knowledgeable and dare not make any promises randomly. After all, this country is not my dynasty, but the country of all the people. I cannot deliberately harm the interests of another part of the people in order to take care of some people. Zhenhua also said that this country is a country of the poor, but also a country of the rich.

Li Yuanhong said the truth in an orderly manner, but the intention of refusal was too obvious, and Zhao Bei's face sank again.

"Song Qing, there are some problems with your next words. That's right, this country is a country of all citizens. Whether poor or rich, as long as you have nationality, you are a citizen of this country and have citizenship. But the problem is that the poor are struggling in difficulties, struggling on the line of life and death. Perhaps only a small amount of money is needed from the pockets of the rich, to save the lives and families of many poor people. This is exactly what a modern national government should do, and this is not what the ancients said.

The "equalization of wealth and poverty" is a wealth redistribution system based on modern laws. The petition submitted to the government mainly refers to the poor's demand for the government to increase relief and the requirement of expanding the scope of voter selection. These requirements are not excessive. The latter only needs to modify the law, while the former can increase the government's finances by adjusting the tax rate and using fiscal policies to give more relief to poor citizens. Only in this way can the people be united and social divisions be avoided.

"Yes, yes. What Zhenhua said is extremely yes, extremely yes

Li Yuanhong could only nodded repeatedly. Zhao Bei's position on the side of most citizens was very clear. At this time, any reason for refuting was to make fun of himself. Li Yuanhong did not want to argue with Zhao Bei on this issue. He also believed that he could not argue with Zhao Bei in his eloquence, so he simply tried to make a perfunctory decision. In any case, he would just mess around with these days first, and wait until the veterans who entered Beijing retreated, and then talk about the next action.

The few people sat in the east wing and spoke, and the atmosphere was a little depressing. Originally, Li Yuanhong and Rao Hanxiang were just here to sit, but they didn't expect Zhao Bei to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation, which almost made them unable to get off the stage, so they could not raise their interest in the conversation.

Seeing that the time was almost done, Li Yuanhong and the people standing behind him were almost touched, Zhao Bei stood up and personally sent Li Yuanhong and Rao Hanxiang out of the east wing, and ordered Qin Sihu to lead them to pay homage to Mr. Han's birthday. Then Zhao Bei turned around and walked into the east wing. At this time, in addition to Zhao Bei and Lan Tianwei, there was also Mei Yongjiang in the room.

Wang Yongjiang is still the chief financial officer of the Republic of China government. Originally, Li Yuanhong wanted to oust him, but because Zhao Bei was behind his back, Wang Yongjiang was not oustted. Now he is still the steward of the Republic of China. All important fiscal policies were formulated by him. During this period of economic crisis, he was also quite busy. Wang Yongjiang first came to the house and talked to Zhao Bei in the east wing. Later, Li Yuanhong and Rao Hanxiang arrived, so he sat with the guest. It was not until Li Yuanhong and Rao Hanxiang left the east wing that he was able to continue the topic just now.

This topic is naturally about the current national finances. Due to the impact of the economic crisis, the current finances are very tense and the expenses in all aspects are huge. Coupled with the astonishing fiscal deficit, Wang Yongjiang is almost an ant on a hot pan, looking for money everywhere and staring at the way to make money. The day before yesterday, Zhao Bei suddenly threw out the proposal of inheritance tax in Congress. Wang Yongjiang's thinking immediately became active. As a financial expert, he had not had the idea of ​​"robbing the rich and helping the poor" before, but because of the great resistance, he never dared to make such a proposition publicly. Otherwise, a hat of "redification" would have been a must-have, and Zhao Bei's proposal of this proposal obviously helped the Ministry of Finance.

In the past two years, the Ministry of Finance has been investigating the businessmen's tax evasion, and has carried out several "battles" to send a large number of gangsters to prison in the name of "limiting national taxes". It is also during these investigations that the Ministry of Finance realized that the chaebols are the key to solving the current national financial difficulties. However, since most of them are protected by politicians, the Ministry of Finance has never dared to touch the chaebols, and at most they can catch small fish and shrimps.

But the situation seems a little different now. Zhao Bei actually proposed the inheritance tax plan to declare war on the chaebol. This undoubtedly gave Wang Yongjiang confidence. Wang Yongjiang knew very well that this military and political strongman never spoke vernacularly. He would do it when he said it. Even if he needed to assassinate his political enemies, Zhao Bei would definitely do it. This is the biggest difference between him and ordinary politicians. Wang Yongjiang decided to stand firmly on Zhao Bei's side.

"The Commander-in-Chief is right. Social wealth is a piece of cake, and the law is the knife for cutting cake. Whoever holds this knife in his hand will get the biggest cake. Among them, tax law is the key to the key, and this knife should be held in the hands of fair people. But now, the Li Yuanhong government is not fair. Their butt is sitting in a crooked position. As for when the butt is sitting in a crooked position, the forehead will naturally be crooked. As for when it is crooked, it depends on the result of the next presidential election. For this election, I will stand firmly on the side of the commander-in-chief on behalf of the Ministry of Finance."

Wang Yongjiang did not care about Lan Tianwei sitting opposite him. He spoke directly. However, he obviously did not realize that Zhao Bei was actually ready for both actions. If his competitors did not move randomly, Zhao Bei would use peaceful means to achieve his goal. However, if his competitors were cruel, then don't blame the "Far East madman, he would treat his body with his own way.

"President Wang, your words are sincere. I thank you for your support for me and for your support for the people. This country needs a fair leader after all. I ask myself that it is fair, so I am full of confidence in winning the next presidential election, because I believe that the people may be blinded for a while, but as long as the truth is presented to them, they will definitely make the right choice."

Zhao Bei said this sincerely, and he also admired Wang Yongjiang's position very much. He did not misjudgment back then. Wang Yongjiang was a smart person and could see the political trends clearly, so he wisely strengthened his position.

After expressing his position, Wang Yongjiang said almost everything, so he said goodbye and left the east wing. In this way, Zhao Bei and Lan Tianwei were left in the room, and the guards guards at the door immediately closed the door and did not allow anyone to approach.

"Xiuhao, we are our own people, so I will go straight to the point with you. The current situation seems calm, but in fact it is undercurrents. The political situation may change drastically at any time. As the soul of the National Defense Forces, your General Staff must respond calmly, neither reckless nor cautiously. After all, the world is very uneasy now, the country cannot be in chaos, and it cannot be handed over to a group of chaebols."

After Zhao Bei said half of what he said, Lan Tianwei suddenly realized and immediately understood Zhao Bei's meaning, so he made a promise on behalf of the General Staff.

"Please rest assured that the General Staff will not be in chaos as long as we are here. No matter how big the storm is, the National Defense Force can block it."
Chapter completed!